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WHO WAS ALFREID BEIT? Alfred Beit (1853–1906) was a German-born British financier, mining magnate, and philanthropist whose career was deeply intertwined with the "Scramble for Africa," Cecil Rhodes' imperial ambitions, and the economic development of southern Africa. His legacy is dual: as a key architect of colonial capitalism and infrastructure in the region (particularly what became Zimbabwe/Rhodesia), and as a major philanthropist whose trust continues to fund development. Early Life and Rise in South Africa Born in Hamburg to a Jewish family (converted to Christianity), Beit arrived in South Africa in 1875 as a diamond trader during the Kimberley diamond rush. He quickly demonstrated exceptional business acumen, recognizing the superior quality of local diamonds and pioneering efficient mining and trading methods. He partnered with figures like Julius Wernher and became a major player in the industry. His partnership with Cecil Rhodes was pivotal. Beit provided crucial financial backing and strategic expertise that helped Rhodes consolidate control of the diamond industry through De Beers (of which Beit became a life governor). He also invested heavily in the Witwatersrand gold fields. Together, they advanced British economic and political interests in the region. Role in Colonial Expansion and Rhodesia Beit was a strong supporter of Rhodes' vision for a British-dominated southern Africa, often described as the "silent partner" or financier behind many of Rhodes' schemes. Key aspects include: British South Africa Company (BSAC): He helped secure the royal charter for the BSAC, which administered the territory that became Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Beit played a significant role in the company's operations and the Pioneer Column's activities in the 1890s. Infrastructure: He backed railways (e.g., Rhodesia Railways, Beira Railway) and other projects to open up the interior for mining, trade, and settlement. Jameson Raid (1895–1896): Beit was involved in the planning and financing of this failed attempt to overthrow the Boer government in the Transvaal (South African Republic) to expand British influence. The raid's failure led to Rhodes' resignation as Cape Prime Minister; both men faced a British parliamentary inquiry. Beit was censured, resigned (temporarily) from some directorships, and paid a substantial fine, but he remained influential. Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902): He supported the British effort financially, including funding units like the Imperial Light Horse. Beit's involvement helped lay the economic foundations for white settler colonialism in Rhodesia, facilitating land acquisition, mining concessions, and transport networks that displaced indigenous populations and entrenched unequal resource distribution. Philanthropy and the Beit Trust Beit never married and died in 1906. His will left a large fortune (around £1.2 million at the time, equivalent to hundreds of millions today) to establish the Beit Trust, focused on infrastructure, education, and development in Southern and Northern Rhodesia (and later adapted for Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi). Notable projects funded by the Trust include: Major bridges such as the Alfred Beit Bridge (Beitbridge border with South Africa, 1929), Otto Beit Bridge at Chirundu (1939), Birchenough Bridge, and many smaller ones. Schools, hospitals, railways, and other public works. Support for university education (e.g., Beit professorships) and research. The Trust remains active today, providing grants, scholarships (especially for postgraduate study in the UK and South Africa, with a "return and contribute" expectation), and support for health, education, conservation, and emergency relief in the three countries. It operates apolitically and has disbursed millions annually for infrastructure, libraries, clinics, and more.

#KnowYourDiamonds #Marange #Diamonds #HistoricalBrief --- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝, 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞‑𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞‑𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐰‑𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰‑𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 “𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤” 𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭. #BuyZimbabwe @MineralsMarket1 @ZCDC_official @Thee_Iron_Duke @EquityDiamond

@HistorySAZAR Had we Africans continued this pioneering mindset, we would have had our countries and minds decolonized long back. Instead of fighting the root cause of our suffering, which is our ignorance,... we fight one another.

Selby Bangani Ngcobo was born in 1908 in Pietermaritzburg, the son of a mine compound foreman who later became a teacher and saddler, Ngcobo studied at Adams College (JC, 1926), Fort Hare (BA, 1931), the University of Natal (B. Econ, 1937) and Yale University (M.A, 1940). In 1957-1958 he was a British Commonwealth Fellow at London University, which in 1964 awarded him a Ph.D. in economics. While a student at the University of Natal he took an active part in the All African Convention (AAC)meeting of December 1935. He later served on the Africans' Claims committee but soon afterwards withdrew from political activity to concentrate on his academic career. He taught economics at Fort Hare and after 1959 at the University College of Rhodesia and the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. In July 1975 he returned to South Africa to become economic adviser to the KwaZulu Government of Mangosuthu Buthelezi, his former student. Source: SAHO / Yale Library

Shout out to @acero_magazine for inviting me to their birthday celebration at @sohohouse last night! Vibes were immaculate with my twin Tina who also shares a birthday with me 😍

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Tina Masawi @tinamasawi

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I was invited to a Metal Magazine event tonight errrrmaghed. And you KNOW I gotta pop out and show ‘em.

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 #𝙇𝙖𝙬 𝙤𝙛 #𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙭𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.

@tinamasawi No hay de que. 😊

La pareja más bonita 😍😍😍 @daphnecañizares @DaniCarvajal92

@cmatewu This guy sounds like a burnt carbohydrate

@SrZanga @WordSilentii Deep. Simple. Understandable. Relatable. Gratitude Sr. 🙏🏿

"A man can't just sit around." 🪑✈️ That's what Larry Walters told reporters after he flew his garden chair into restricted airspace at 16,000 feet. In 1982, Larry — a truck driver who always dreamed of being a pilot but was rejected for poor eyesight, decided to take flight into his own hands. In his girlfriend's backyard, he tied 42 giant weather balloons filled with helium to his Sears patio chair. He packed sandwiches, a CB radio, and a pellet gun to pop balloons when he wanted to come down. He expected a peaceful little float. Instead, the moment he cut the tethers, Larry rocketed straight up at 800 feet per minute. He kept climbing until he reached 16,000 feet — drifting right into the busy flight paths of Los Angeles International Airport. Airline pilots were shocked to see a man in a lawn chair floating past their windows. When he finally tried to descend, he managed to shoot a few balloons, but his hands were so frozen from the altitude that he accidentally dropped his pellet gun. With no way to pop the rest, he drifted helplessly until catching onto power lines, causing a blackout in Long Beach. The FAA fined him. The media made him a folk hero. And today, his $109 patio chair sits in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Larry Walters didn't just sit around. He flew. Absolute legend. 👇

@tinamasawi @T_a_t_e_n_d_a Buenos días. Espero que lo estés pasando de lo más bien en la ciudad bonita que es Barça. No le haga caso a esta gente mal formada 🤣. Aproveches de la experiencia española.

@NextScience I think I'm Zim -ve

🧠 YOUR BRAIN IS WORKING EVEN WHEN YOU ARE NOT AWARE Right now, your brain is firing millions of electrical signals every second. You don’t feel it, but it never stops working. With about 86 billion neurons connected in trillions of pathways, your brain is constantly sending messages that create your thoughts, memories, and actions. Most of this activity happens below your awareness—controlling breathing, heartbeat, and even storing memories while you sleep. It all runs on about the same energy as a small light bulb, yet it handles everything that makes you you. So the question is: if you’re only aware of a small part… what is your brain doing in the background right now? Source:
Kandel, E. R., et al. Principles of Neural Science. McGraw-Hill Education.

@Savheya_Happie There are no prophets in Zimbabwe

@HistorySAZAR 𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝒏𝙖𝒎𝙚𝒔 𝒔𝙪𝒄𝙝 𝙖𝒔 𝑾𝙖𝒍𝙩𝒆𝙧 𝙎𝒊𝙨𝒖𝙡𝒖 𝒂𝙧𝒆 𝒏𝙤𝒏-𝒆𝙧𝒂𝙨𝒂𝙗𝒍𝙚.

A young Walter Sisulu, circa 1939. Image Source: African Yearly Register, An Illustrated National Biographical Dictionary (Who's Who) of Black Folks in Africa by TD Mweli Skota

@sam_mkali @historical_Afr Indeed. Many successful African stories show unity. And we now have less to none of that.

Sundiata Keita was born in 1217 to King Naré Maghann Konaté who was a ruler of the Mandinka people and his wife Sogolon Condé. 🇲🇱 From birth, Sundiata was a cripple and suffers hunchback which made him a subject of ridicule. For this reason, he was always in the Palace and very close with his mother. When his father's Kingdom and Palace was conquered by King Soumaoro Kanté of Sosso, many people were killed but he was spared because of his physical conditions. However, Sundiata was determined to revenge this invation and eventually offer justice to his people who has been treated with Injustice by the Sosso invation. He eventually succeeded; Sundiata purposively travelled to the plain of Siby (var: Sibi) where he formed a brotherhood in order to liberate his country and people from the powerful Sosso king. Eventually, at The Battle of Kirina, Sundiata and his allies defeated the Sosso king, and he formed and became the first Emperor of the Mali Empire which became more powerful and prominent than the Kingdom of his father. Although, Sundiata Keita was born a cripple and with hunchback, he became one of the greatest Kings and warriors the African Continent has ever seen. Like Sundiata, you and I should not allow anything to be an obstacle on our way to take back Africa and rebuild our lost glory to honor the memories of our ancestors and give them justice. African history is beautiful, do not die without knowing yourself or passing on this beauty to the next generations. Credit: Kwadwo Agyei Yeboah #Mali #africanhistory